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Manchester United suffered their first defeat of the calendar 12 months as Fulham took all three factors with a 2-1 win at Outdated Trafford on Saturday.
Rasmus Hjolund and Luke Shaw had been dominated out with accidents earlier than the sport and the pair joined Lisandro MartÃnez on the sidelines.
Eric ten Hag's choices had been restricted and he determined to play Victor Lindelof as left again, giving Omari Forsson his first league begin.
The staff put in one in every of their worst performances of the season, with Fulham fully overpowering them and their luck ran out this time.
EtH technique is just not serving to
This consequence has been coming for a while. Despite the fact that the Purple Devils had received 4 consecutive league video games, not one of the performances had been solely convincing, particularly the earlier win in opposition to Luton.
Victory was being hammered down the cracks and on Saturday, the dam burst when Alex Iwobi grabbed an injury-time winner after Harry Maguire had equalized within the ninetieth minute.
The supervisor's efforts to attempt to win the ball excessive up the pitch didn’t work all through the season, because the midfield was virtually non-existent at occasions and this confirmed in opposition to the Cottagers.
Why he doesn’t return to a distinct method is obscure. Final season, a extra balanced method served the staff very effectively.
Casemiro has not been as highly effective as he was final season and that was the case on Saturday. And the protection is just not weak and so the opposition had a subject day working by the final 4.
And up entrance, Marcus Rashford was handed the accountability of main the road within the Dane's absence, producing one other disappointing efficiency.
Huge stars are failing
He failed to carry the ball, seemed detached and none of his touches had been of any use. With Anthony Martial additionally sidelined, the supervisor can’t contact anybody in the mean time.
The supervisor will level to lacking personnel however it is vitally worrying how the staff's efficiency has fallen with out MartÃnez.
The previous Ajax coach appears to haven’t any Plan B with out the World Cup winner and with three key males lacking, alarm bells are ringing at Outdated Trafford forward of the Manchester derby.
The probabilities of ending within the high 4 may very well be misplaced and this can have a unfavorable affect on the way forward for many people within the staff.
The arrival of INEOS had crammed the ambiance with positivity however supporters have been introduced again all the way down to earth. And Sir Jim Ratcliffe could have some concepts about the way forward for some big-name stars and managers.